Former family support magistrate charged in fight with husband

Published 11:15 pm, Monday, June 28, 2010

FAIRFIELD -- A former state magistrate who was fired last year has had her third run-in with police in about as many years, police said.

Susan Baran, an attorney and former family support magistrate, was charged Sunday with disorderly conduct after a fight with her husband during which he allegedly punched her in the mouth and she kicked him between the legs, police said.

Baran was fired from her magistrate job in February 2009, following her second drunken driving arrest.

On Sunday, she was found in her driveway with a bloody lip and told police she'd fought with her husband when she found him on the computer instead of outside at the pool watching their two preteen sons, said Sgt. James Perez.

The husband, Frederick Baran, said she'd attacked him first and he'd retaliated. He was also charged with disorderly conduct, as well as third-degree assault.

, tired of what he described as years of abuse and alcoholism from his wife, Perez said.

Fairfield police had charged Baran, 47, with DUI in February 2009 and November 2006.